{"id":201885,"date":"2018-09-18T14:30:48","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T09:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=201885"},"modified":"2018-09-18T13:42:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T08:12:24","slug":"proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Proceedings not rendered unfair just because applicability of Minimum Sentences Act, 1997 not indicated in charge-sheet:\u00a0 Constitutional Court of South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Constitutional Court of South Africa:<\/strong> A 10-Judge Bench comprising of CJ Mogoeng and Cachalia, Dlodlo, Goliath, Petse, AJ., Froneman, Jafta, Khampepe, Madlanga, and Theron, JJ., dealt with three appeals together having similar issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Facts of the case are that the appellants had been imposed with life sentences under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1997 (Minimum Sentences Act). The appellants pleaded that the sentence pronounced by High Court were unfair as it had no power to sentence appellant under the Minimum Sentences Act without making the accused aware of its potential application from the beginning of the Trial i.e. the relevant provision to be mentioned in the charge-sheet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This Court\u2019s jurisdiction was challenged in this appeal to which the Court viewed that letting know of the charge with details to answer it is a constitutional matter and thus this Court had the jurisdiction to deal with this appeal. Further issue before this Court was whether the state failed adequately to inform the appellants of the minimum sentencing regime at relevant times. Appellants contended that right to fair trial guaranteed under Section 35 (3) of the Constitution was infringed as they were not informed of the application of Minimum Sentences Act and relevant provision of the Act was not mentioned in the charge sheet. Court referred case of S <em>v.<\/em> <em>Ndlovu,<\/em> (2017) ZACC 19<em>\u00a0 <\/em>and observed that by virtue of this precedent it cannot be said that if accused is not informed of applicability of the Act the trial would be rendered unfair though the same had come in practice, that relevant section of the Act ought to be mentioned in the chargesheet. In case applicable section of the Act is not mentioned then it should be derived from the facts of the case if such omission renders the proceedings unfair or not. Therefore, all the applications for leave to appeal were dismissed. [MT v. State, Case CCT 122 of 17, decided on 03-09-2018]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Constitutional Court of South Africa: A 10-Judge Bench comprising of CJ Mogoeng and Cachalia, Dlodlo, Goliath, Petse, AJ., Froneman, Jafta, Khampepe, Madlanga, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":167554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[21754,2554,31811],"class_list":["post-201885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-foreigncourts","tag-charge-sheet","tag-Jurisdiction","tag-minimum-sentences-act"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Proceedings not rendered unfair just because applicability of Minimum Sentences Act, 1997 not indicated in charge-sheet:\u00a0 Constitutional Court of South Africa | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Proceedings not rendered unfair just because applicability of Minimum Sentences Act, 1997 not indicated in charge-sheet:\u00a0 Constitutional Court of South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Constitutional Court of South Africa: A 10-Judge Bench comprising of CJ Mogoeng and Cachalia, Dlodlo, Goliath, Petse, AJ., Froneman, Jafta, Khampepe, Madlanga,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-18T09:00:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Constitutional-Court-of-South-Africa.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/18\\\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/18\\\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bhumika Indulia\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\"},\"headline\":\"Proceedings not rendered unfair just because applicability of Minimum Sentences Act, 1997 not indicated in charge-sheet:\u00a0 Constitutional Court of South Africa\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-18T09:00:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/18\\\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":338,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/18\\\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/Constitutional-Court-of-South-Africa.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"charge-sheet\",\"Jurisdiction\",\"Minimum Sentences Act\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Case Briefs\",\"Foreign Courts\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/18\\\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/18\\\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/18\\\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\\\/\",\"name\":\"Proceedings not rendered unfair just because applicability of Minimum Sentences Act, 1997 not indicated in charge-sheet:\u00a0 Constitutional Court of South Africa | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/18\\\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/18\\\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/Constitutional-Court-of-South-Africa.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-18T09:00:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/18\\\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/18\\\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/18\\\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/Constitutional-Court-of-South-Africa.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/Constitutional-Court-of-South-Africa.jpg\",\"width\":1330,\"height\":887,\"caption\":\"Constitutional-Court-of-South-Africa\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/18\\\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Proceedings not rendered unfair just because applicability of Minimum Sentences Act, 1997 not indicated in charge-sheet:\u00a0 Constitutional Court of South Africa\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\",\"name\":\"Bhumika Indulia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bhumika Indulia\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/author\\\/editor_1\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Proceedings not rendered unfair just because applicability of Minimum Sentences Act, 1997 not indicated in charge-sheet:\u00a0 Constitutional Court of South Africa | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Proceedings not rendered unfair just because applicability of Minimum Sentences Act, 1997 not indicated in charge-sheet:\u00a0 Constitutional Court of South Africa","og_description":"Constitutional Court of South Africa: A 10-Judge Bench comprising of CJ Mogoeng and Cachalia, Dlodlo, Goliath, Petse, AJ., Froneman, Jafta, Khampepe, Madlanga,","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2018-09-18T09:00:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1330,"height":887,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Constitutional-Court-of-South-Africa.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bhumika Indulia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bhumika Indulia","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/"},"author":{"name":"Bhumika Indulia","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a"},"headline":"Proceedings not rendered unfair just because applicability of Minimum Sentences Act, 1997 not indicated in charge-sheet:\u00a0 Constitutional Court of South Africa","datePublished":"2018-09-18T09:00:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/"},"wordCount":338,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Constitutional-Court-of-South-Africa.jpg","keywords":["charge-sheet","Jurisdiction","Minimum Sentences Act"],"articleSection":["Case Briefs","Foreign Courts"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/","name":"Proceedings not rendered unfair just because applicability of Minimum Sentences Act, 1997 not indicated in charge-sheet:\u00a0 Constitutional Court of South Africa | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Constitutional-Court-of-South-Africa.jpg","datePublished":"2018-09-18T09:00:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Constitutional-Court-of-South-Africa.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Constitutional-Court-of-South-Africa.jpg","width":1330,"height":887,"caption":"Constitutional-Court-of-South-Africa"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/18\/proceedings-not-rendered-unfair-just-because-applicability-of-minimum-sentences-act-1997-not-indicated-in-charge-sheet-constitutional-court-of-south-africa\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Proceedings not rendered unfair just because applicability of Minimum Sentences Act, 1997 not indicated in charge-sheet:\u00a0 Constitutional Court of South Africa"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a","name":"Bhumika Indulia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bhumika Indulia"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Constitutional-Court-of-South-Africa.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}